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As a Central American caravan reaches Mexico, migrants face tough choices
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Apr 6, 2018
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As a Central American caravan reaches Mexico, migrants face tough choices
A caravan of migrants is moving from Central America through Mexico, and some of them have to make life-changing decisions.
A migrant -alongside other Central Americans taking part in a caravan called "Migrant Viacrucis" towards the United States- holds a Guatemalan national flag during a march to protest against US President Donald Trump's policies in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State, Mexico, on April 3, 2018. The hundreds of Central Americans in the "Way of the Cross" migrant caravan have infuriated Trump, but they are not moving very fast -- if at all -- and remain far from the US border. As Trump vowed Tuesday to send troops to secure the southern US border, the caravan was camped out for the third straight day in the town of Matias Romero, in southern Mexico, more than 3,000 kilometers (1,800 miles) from the United States. / AFP PHOTO / VICTORIA RAZO (Photo credit should read VICTORIA RAZO/AFP/Getty Images)
A migrant -alongside other Central Americans taking part in a caravan called "Migrant Viacrucis" towards the United States- holds a Guatemalan national flag during a march to protest against US President Donald Trump's policies in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State, Mexico, on April 3, 2018.
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A caravan of migrants is moving from Central America through Mexico, and some of them have to make life-changing decisions.

A caravan of migrants is moving from Central America through Mexico, and some of them have to make life-changing decisions.

They can either stay in Mexico, or take their chances at the U.S. border, possibly facing the National Guard.

Delphine Schrank is Reuters' chief correspondent for Mexico and Central America.

She’s been talking to people from the caravan and is on location in Mexico City, reporting on how their faring on the trek.